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Hippotragus niger (Sable)

sable antelope [English]; swartwitpens [Afrikaans]; Rappenantilope [German]; hippotrague noir [French]; mbarapi, palahala [Swahili]; umtjwayeli, ingwalathi, ngwaladi, umtshwayeli [isiNdebele]; iliza [isiXhosa]; impalampala [isiZulu]; phalafala [Sepedi]; phalafala, kgama [Sesotho]; kwalata, kwalatê, kukurugu, pôtôkwane [Setswana]; mharapara, ngwarati [Shona]; impalampala, imphalamphala [siSwati]; mhalamhala [Xitsonga]; phalaphala, phalafhala [Tshivenda]; kwalata [Lozi]; ╪ Nū !nā |gaeb [Nama] [Damara]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Antilopinae

Hippotragus niger (Sable) Hippotragus niger (Sable)

Sable, Chobe National Park, Botswana. [photo Coke Smith ©]

Sable, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]

Hippotragus niger (Sable) Hippotragus niger (Sable)

Sable, Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya. [photo Crazy Kanga ©]

Sable, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]